How the U.S. Can Get Ahead of a Spreading Disease Caused by Fungal Spores

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A regional disease in the American West is about to get a lot less regional as the planet heats up, scientists warn.

, which depicts a fungal disease that turns people into zombies. “I think there has been more popular media coverage of fungal infections in the last few weeks, thanks to, than I could have imagined,” says Ilan Schwartz, an expert in infectious diseases at Duke University.coccidioides

— the fungus that causes Valley Fever — thrives. The fungus could head east and north, deeper into Washington State and Texas. The danger is that the fungus will spread faster than the U.S. healthcare system can adapt. “Given what we know about the expansion of Valley Fever — and the important threat that it imposes to people and animals — I do think this needs to be taken extremely seriously,” Schwartz says. is most common in the soil of California’s Central Valley and nearby desert areas. Breathing inspores can cause a hard-to-diagnose and occasionally severe respiratory infection that, fortunately,contagious.

 

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Still fucked if you live in AZ

I lived in the heart of it in Bakersfield and luckily never contracted it. A lot of my friends and co-workers weren't so lucky. The symptoms are nasty.

excuse me

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